Gender Equality is advocacy that involves both men and women. This is because men and women make up the society. You cannot establish or put a stamp on equality in society if both parties are not actively involved in this advocacy. This is why even though I champion the cause of female empowerment by helping girls and women shatter glass ceilings, break stereotypes and dismantle societal constructs, I shine my light on men who are equally doing the same for the male gender. Today, my focus is on Adeyemi Temidayo – the Executive Director and founder of The Catalyst Men Network Int’l. In this piece, he will be walking us…

Many times, people conclude that a woman is incompetent or incapable of handling certain positions of authority even before giving her a chance.  This is actually unfair. Sometimes, they use the fact that they've had female leaders who were not competent. But is judging someone on the basis of what someone else did really fair? How about we give people chances to prove themselves rather than take their chances away beforehand? Also, I think more women should support women leadership and the idea of women breaking glass ceilings and shattering all the societal constructs and stereotypes. This would go a long way in providing women with the relevant leadership experience…

Breaking Stereotypes: This is my core competency and my area focus. Here, we teach young girls and inspire women to break away from age-long societal norms, constructs, and stereotypes that have limited their progress. We show them that they can do anything and be whomever they choose to be regardless of society’s dictates. We teach them to discard society’s scripts and follow their individual passion and purpose to be the best version of whom they want to be.

Education has a major role to play in curbing gender inequality. This is because when educators start at a young age to instill and promote gender equality, it’s easier for the children and teens to grow with it and become adults who see gender equality as a norm. This creates a balanced world and also makes advocacy much easier because the crop of young adults being sent into the society has a good understanding of what gender equality is really about. In light of this, we will be interviewing Chidinma Ibemere, a young Gender Equality Advocate who is also a Biology teacher at Federal Government College Enugu. In this interview,…